# craiceann
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* croiceann

### Etymology

From Old Irish croiccenn.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /ˈkɾˠɪcən̪ˠ/, /ˈkɾˠɞcən̪ˠ/, /ˈkɾˠɛcən̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form croiceann)
* (Connacht) IPA: /ˈkɾˠecən̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form croiceann), /ˈkɾˠæcən̪ˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈkɾˠæcən̪ˠ/

### Noun

craiceann m (genitive singular craicinn, nominative plural craicne)
* skin (outer covering of the body of a person, animal, vegetable, or fruit); rind (of cheese, etc.)
    Synonym: cneas
* surface
* finish, polish

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
craiceann
craicne
vocative
a chraicinn
a chraicne
genitive
craicinn
craicne
dative
craiceann
craicne
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an craiceann
na craicne
genitive
an chraicinn
na gcraicne
dative
leis an gcraiceann don chraiceann
leis na craicne :

#### Derived terms

* bualadh craicinn (“sexual intercourse”)
* craiceann béir (“bearskin”)
* craiceann bó (“cow-hide”)
* craiceann briosc (“crackling”)
* craiceann caocháin (“moleskin”)
* craiceann circe (“goose-flesh”)
* craiceann fia (“buckskin, deerskin”)
* craiceann fiaghabhair (“chamois-leather”)
* craiceann gé (“goose-flesh”)
* craiceann lao (“calfskin”)
* craiceann muice (“pigskin”)
* craiceann oinniúin (“onion skin”)
* craiceann pónaí (“pony-skin”)
* cruachraicneach (“hide-bound”, adjective)
* cruas craicinn (“callosity”)
* déanamh craicinn (“sexual intercourse”)
* fliuch go craiceann (“soaking wet”)
* salachar craicinn (“skin eruption”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “croiceann”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 198
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “croiccenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 137, page 71
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 163
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 76, page 32

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “craiceann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “craiceann”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “craiceann”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish croiccenn.

### Pronunciation

* (Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA: /ˈkʰɾaʰkən̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form cracann)
* (Harris, North Uist) IPA: /ˈkʰɾaxkən̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form cracann)
* (Benbecula) IPA: /ˈkʰɾɛ̃çkʲən̪ˠ/
* (South Uist, Barra, Skye) IPA: /ˈkʰɾæçkʲən̪ˠ/

### Noun

craiceann m (genitive singular craicinn or craicne, plural craicnean)
* skin
* hide
    Synonym: seiche

#### Derived terms

* far-chraiceann
* fo-chraicneach
* pàipear-craicinn

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “croiccenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap